Baldachin

The throne room of Wolf’s Head sat just inside the main entrance had a large high wood beam ceiling and small windows ran along the top of the wall, on the walls were the banners of Wolfs Head as well a painting of every hero who came from the kingdom. Behind the throne was the head of an abnormally large wolf that gave the city its name, the throne itself was made of carved stone and was a gift from the dwarfs of Ironhammer, and sat upon it was Loken Grenford, King of the North and leader of the

emotion through drama and scale. St. Peter’s Baldachin was one of the most significant works built in the Baroque period. By analyzing the work’s embodiment of its cultural, religious, and political environment we see how this piece exemplifies the power, grandeur, and elegance of The Baroque. St. Peter’s Baldachin was created by an Italian artist named Gian Lorenzo Bernini and commissioned by Pope Urban VII for Saint

Among these are the four angels at each corner of the canopy, which give the illusion of them carrying the structure. Since the original model of the Baldacchino was merely a typical, modestly scaled baldachin made of wood, it could be supported and transported by man. Maderno originally planned to have these angels kneeling at the feet of the columns with the canopy making no contact with the cornices. When the project was passed on the Bernini, he had

Bernini and Borromini Do they represent opposite poles of architectural expression or is such polarisation the result of historical caricature ? By Ronan Carey “Better to be a poor Catholic than a good heretic” -Gianlorenzo Bernini "I do not mind that he has the money, but I do mind that he enjoys the honor of my labors," -Francesco Borromini The quotes shown above display two cutting yet contradictory statements by two architects in reference to each other. The quotes are representative

The scene in the middle of the page is arranged according to rules of visual hierarchy intended to picture Charles’s superior status as the Carolingian ruler. The king is the dominant figure in the composition. He sits on a jeweled throne high up under the baldachin’s dome, while all other figures stand, and he rests his feet on a podium of variegated stone. He is located on the miniature’s central vertical axis, an axis emphasized by the symmetrical disposition of the armed guards, the two personifications

First, he would designs a dome baldachin inside a square roof that would serve as the center of the build. After that he would just let the building take form from the dome.On the other hand, Michelangelo would have have highly planned designs that would focused on the symmetry and the artistic beauty. As Dogan Kuban said “ What the classical orders are to Greek, Roman, and European architecture generally, the dome baldachin is to the Turkish”. (Kuban, 73). Sinan highly tectonic

The Triton Fountain was specially made for Pope Urban VIII Barberini by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fountain is placed at the center of the piazza; the fountain represents the God of Sea with anthropomorphic body and huge fish tail, kneeling on an open shell supported by the tails of four dolphins. The dolphins, leaning towards each of the four cardinal directions, open their mouths to swallow the water of the surrounding pool, telling us that they drink up all the waters of the world. The fins of

Furthermore, the Triton Fountain was specially made for Pope Urban VIII Barberini by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fountain is placed at the center of the piazza; the fountain represents the God of Sea with anthropomorphic body and huge fish tail, kneeling on an open shell supported by the tails of four dolphins. The dolphins, leaning towards each of the four cardinal directions, open their mouths to swallow the water of the surrounding pool, telling us that they drink up all the waters of the world

While Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Bernini were all artists during the Renaissance and Baroque time periods, they are different from each other. Both Caravaggio and Bernini studied Michelangelo and incorporated pieces of his style into their own. Michelangelo created a 17 foot statue, David (1504) that Bernini studied to make his own depiction of the scene. The most noticeable difference between the two is that Michelangelo’s sculpture is nude while Bernini’s is clothed to an extent. Bernini utilizes

work by creating walls broken by niches making a wave like effect and many other things. He offered the style of baroque architecture. The baroque style takes inspiration from the human body. Borromini worked at St. Peter's, helping make the famous baldachin canopy over the tomb of S. Peter. In 1634 Borromini built a monastery and church San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. The church is still one of Borromini’s masterpieces. He designed lots of other buildings, but churches were his specialty. One of the